Railway-car.



PATENTED Nov. 29, 1904.

C. VANDERBILT.

RAILWAY GAR. APPLIUATI'ON FILED PEB. 12, 1904.

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APPLICATION YILED PEB. 12.190...

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No.. 775.952. PATENTED NOW 29, 1904.

C. VANDERBILT.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.12.1904. v

N0 MODEL. 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

No. 775,952. PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

C. VANDERBILT. RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l2, 1904.

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RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 12,1904.

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NO MODEL.

PATENTBD NOV. 29, 1.904.

C. VANDERBILT.

RAILWAY CAR.

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CORNELIUS VAN'1`)ERBIL'1`, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

RAILWAY-GAR.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 775,952, datedNovember 29, 1904. Application filed February 12, 1904. Serial No.193,264. (No model.)

To (all whom/llt 'may con/cern,.-

Be it known th at I. CORNELIUS VAND namur, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of New York, State of New Yorlnand having apost-office address at No. 30 Pine street, borough of Manhattan, in saidcity, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars,of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to construct the same.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-cars, and comprises anumber of improvements generally applicable to the construction ofrailway-cars and also a number of improvements particularly applicableto passenger-cars.

The nature of these improvements fully apn pears from thefollowingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich T have fully and clearly described the preferred form of myinvention. It will be understood that in thus minutely describing thepreferred form of my invention I do notintend to limit myself to thespecific details set forth, since some of the features of my inventionare capable of a number of variations and of a wide application.

The scope of my invention is particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

I have used ordinary commercial forms of metal in the construction of mycar for the purpose of reducing the cost, and it is one of theadvantages of my improved construction that it is possible to use suchcommercial forms.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one end ofthe framework of a car constructed in accordance with my inventionbefore the outside linishings and trimmings have been applied. Fig. 2 isa plan View, partly broken away to show the interior of the car andfurther broken away to show the supporting-framework. Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing the framework of the under portion of the carand the platform. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the construction of theend of the car-body and the platform. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of onehalf the car on the line 5 5 of Fig. l. Fig. 6

-dow-frames is a cross-section, the right half taken on the line 6 6 ofFig. l and the left halfl on the line 6' 6 of Fig. l. Fig. T is adetailed perspective sectional View ljust forward of the body bolster.Fig. 8 is a longitudinal central section of one end of the car. Fig. 9is a detail of part of Fig. 8. Fig. l0 is a sectional plan view of theplatform. Fig. 11 is a detailed view of the window-frame. Fig. 12 is adetailed View showing the frame construction supporting the windows.

ln the preferred forni shown the framework of the car is cylindrical inshape and comprises annular ribs covered by metallic sheathing, and atthe lower part of the car-body and bolted to the sheathing and throughthe sheathn ing to the annular ribs are the longitudinal sills l l,shown as channel-irons. Fastened between these sills-one near each endof the carare the body-bolsters 9.. The metallic sheathing is composedof an upper and a lower section, with an opening between the sections oneach side of the ear for the windowframes. Longitudinally-extendingangleirons 3 3 are fastened to the sheathing at the upper and loweredges of the openings. These angle-irons serve to strengthen the carlongitudinally and also serve to support the win- The annular ribs areof a colupound construction, comprising bands 4;, backed by thestrengtheniug-rings 5, shown as angleirons. The bauds l where theybridge the openings in the sheathing serve to support the sides of thewindo\ 7-frames In the construction shown the distance between theannular ribs is twice the distance from center to center of the windows.This necessitates a support for the window-frames intermediate the ribs.This support is furnished by a segment 6 of a ring similar inconstruction to the annular ribs i 5, bolted to the sheathing at the topand bottom edges of the openings therein. It obvious that iustead ofthese segments 6 the ribs i 5 may be used between the windows Theannular rib immediately above the body-bolster is of a modifiedconstruction. This rib is composed of two angle-irons 7 7, placed withtheir upturned iianges adjacent one another. These angle-irons arebolted to the sheathing and 100 to the body-bolster and are cut awayimmei near the forward end of the platform anglediately above the centerof the body-bolster I plates 25 are boltedto the floor and to the toallow for the removal of the draw-bar flange of the sills 1, andrto theupturned pivot-pin. The body-bolsters form part of the framework and donot extend beyond the longitudinal sills 1 1. The side bolster-bearingsare formed by U-shaped steps 8, bolted directly to the sheathing of thecar. Each body-bolster comprises a metallic casting fastened between thelongitudinal sills 1 1, as

l the drawings.

clearly shown in Fig. 7.

The parts of the car above described are preferably of metal, and whenassembled they form a car-frame of strong' but inexpensive constructionready to receive the exterior and interior trimmings. These trimmingsare preferably to be made entirely of fireproof material.

The plate 4 of the last annular rib of the car-frame is cut away so asto leave the upstanding iiange of the angle-iron 5 as a flat surface atthe extreme end of the framework. The sheathing and the angle-irons 3 3also terminate at this line. The longitudinal sills 1 1 extend beyondthe cylindrical body to form supports for the platform-framework and thedraw-bar rigging, &c. These sills 'extend to the end sills 9 and arefastened thereto by knee-braces. (Not shown.) Depending from the end ofthe cylindrical frame at each side and bolted to the flange 5 of the endrib is a stiff-metal plate 10, with the flange 11 at its outer edge andfastened at its inner edge to the sill 1 by a knee-brace 45. Bolted tothe flange 11 and to the flange 5 is an angleiron 12, forming a verticalplatform-post.

The flange 11 is cut away below the level of the platform-floor to leaveroom for the outside platform-sill 13, which is in the form of achannel-beam fastened to the plate 10 by a knee-brace 14 at one end andat the other end to the end sill 9. Bolted to this channel-iron is theangle-plate 15, forming a projection of the platform-floor. and boltedto the sill 13 is a second platformpost 16. A diagonal brace 17 extendsfrom the junction of the sills 9 and 13 to the junction of the sill 1and the plate 10. Bolted to the plate 10 and serving as a oor-support isan angle-iron 18, and bolted to the sills 1 are angle-plates 19, alsoserving as floor-supports. Extending horizontally across the lowerportion of the end rib and bolted at its ends to the flange 5 is anangle-iron 20, and bolted to the depending flange of this angle-iron andextending between the sills 1 1 is an angleiron 21, acting as a furtherfloor-support. Extending longitudinally of the platform and at thecenter thereof is a further floor-supporting channel-iron 22. Upon thisLinderframe the floor of the platform is laid. Bolted to the plate 10 isa knee-brace 23, serving' as a clamp for the floor and a support for thebrace 17, to which it is bolted. y Bolted to the flange 5 are inner rearplatform-posts 24, and

At the end of this plate' flange of these plates 25 are bolted the innerforward platform-posts 26. These posts 12, 16, 24, and 26 are connectedat the top by curved angle-irons, which serve to support the hood 27,and the framework is further strengthened by cross-braces 28 and 29 in amanner which will readily be understood from Beneath the platform andfastened between the sills 1 1 are the draw -bar supporting frames 30and 31.

The particular construction of buffer-rigging used forms no part of thepresent invention and needs no detailed description.

In the interior of the cylindrical frame, extending transversely of thecar and bolted to the flanges of the rings 5 and 7, near their lowestportion, are floor-supporti ng beams 32, similar to the beam 20, abovedescribed. lntermediate these beams 32 and bolted to the angle-,plates33 are transverse Hoor-supporting beams 34. The angle-plates 33 arebolted directly to the sheathing. Upon these the iioor is laid, as shownin Figs. 6 and 7. Extending longitudinally of the car and fas` tened tothe flanges of the rings 5 and 7 are the angle-irons 35, which serve tostifi'en the framework longitudinally and also to support the seats. Thechannel formed by the upper angle-iron 3 is filled with fireproofmaterial, preferably lignolith, to form an eave, as shown at 38 in Fig.11.

In Fig. 10 I have shown the platform with the window frames andtrimmings applied and with an improved form of door, comprising twosections 39 and 40, hinged atal. This door may be manipulated in any ofthe wellknown ways. ders it possible to fold the door into a smallspace, so that it does not interfere with passengers entering the car.

Having now fully described the preferred form of my invention, I proceedparticularly to point out what I consider the scope thereof in thefollowing claims:

1. ln a car-frame, longitudinally-uextending sills, body-holsterssupported between said sills, and a cylindrical casing fastened directlyto said sills and body-bolsters.

2. In a railway-car, a cylindrical bodypor tion,longitudinally-extending main sills, end sills fastened to the mainsills, platform side sills, the forward ends of which are fastened tothe end sills, and members depending from the cylindrical body portionand supporting the rear ends of the platform side sills.

3. In a railway-car, a cylindrical casing, annular ribs secured to theinterior of said casing, longitudinally-extending beams spacing saidribs apart, and seats supported by said beams.

4. In a railway-car, a cylindrical shell, a

The hinged construction ren- IIS platform supported by projecting endsot' longitudinal sills, by the parts 13, and by the flanges l0,substantially as described.

5. In a railway-car, a cylindrical shell, a platform, plates l0 attachedto the cylindrical shell and to the platform for supporting and givingrigidity to the latter, substantially as described.

6. In a railway-car, a cylindrical body portion, sills extending beneathsaid body portion, body-bolsters secured between said sills, and sidebolster-bearings secured to the body portion.

7. In a railway-car, separate center and side bolster-bearings, allsecured to the car-body.

8. In a railway-car, a cylindrical casing, openings in said casing forwindow-frames, angle-irons fastened above said openings, and a fillingin said angle-irons forming an cave 'for the windows.

9. In a car-body, longitudinally-extending sills, holsters between saidsills, a cylindrical casing attached directly to said sills and saidholsters and strengthening-ribs on the interior of said casing andopposite said bolsters, substantially as described.

l0. In a cylindrical carbody, longitudinally-extending draft-sillsdirectly connected to a cylindrical shell, holsters connected to saidlongitudinal draft-sills and to said casing, and transversestrengthening-ribs on the interior of said casing, opposite saidholsters, substantially as described.

11. Ina car-body, a cylindrical casing, bodybolsters attached directlyto said casing, interior ribs opposite the bodyholsters and transversefloor-supports secured to said ribs, substantially as described.

I2. In a car-body, a cylindrical casing1 interior annular ribs securedto the casing, and transverse licor-supports secured to said annularribs, substantially as described.

Signed in the city, county, and State of New York this 11th day. ofFebruary, 1904.

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. IVitnesses: Y

'Louis A. SI-InrARD, EDWIN (l. FARLoW.

